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I'm poor! But poverty is relative. I cannot simply by an air ticket and book a hotel... I never have been able to. I have a house that I am probably about to lose, However in Hungary the peasants are actually rich in food and land because they have land and grow food for themselves. Work is a bit difficult to find so jobs... and they are healthy. But they die of diseases that are easy to treat in advanced contries and often lose feet in farming accidents. I spent loads of money on a touring holiday in Europe - by jet and train, having a good time but now the money is spent. I found that whole families including children as young as 8 were involved in processing onions, garlic, that get a good price over here (UK) but they get one penny for peeling one onion. The toxins they give me are limiting my ability to write essay and "see" photographs. Chris > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 16:57:25 +0300 > From: trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 9 members' photographs in PF's exhibit space on JAN 04, 2014 > To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I caught this television program that puts philanthropic-minded > celebrities face-to-face with extreme poverty and poor HDMI measures in > other countries. One that stood out was a hip-hop artist named Mos Def > who went to the "City of God" in Brazil and his reaction was along the > lines of how similar it still is in many impoverished urban and rural > areas in the US. > > On 1/5/14 12:31 AM, Jan Faul wrote: > > > > Because too many wannabe American photographers travel to countries > > with brown-skinned people to shoot stories when there is a lot to work > > with here in the US. This has been a criticism of your work in the > > past, and yet here it is again. I have been under the impression that > > Roy Stryker’s FSA photographers during the great Depression from > > 1935-44 inspired photographers a generation later to go forth and > > shoot social realism and anti-poverty images. I think the FSA inspired > > street photographers like Lee Friedlander, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, > > Bruce Davidson, and others when they discovered that our supposedly > > ordinary lives were anything but. There is a lot to work with here and > > a lot could be done to show mainstream Americans that not all that > > much has changed between the 1930s and right now. > > > > Why do I think photographers like you do this? Because there are fewer > > rights to privacy in Honduras and anywhere south of the Rio Grande, > > than there are in Oklahoma or say Indiana. It is more exciting to go > > to a foreign country than it is to drive to a location a few states > > away and work with Americans to show that life here can be as brutal > > as life in Central America. Very few photographers have gone to great > > lengths to honor the people of a host country by shooting striking > > images which bring a host country’s troubles to our attention. > > > > I know you are a dedicated photographer and I also know you do not > > have to shoot brown-skinned kids to make your point. Poverty (no > > matter where ) will never be eradicated and most especially not here > > in the US where the streets are supposedly paved with gold. > > > > Jan > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > >> Why? > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> <mailto:jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> This shot would have been much more powerful if the location was > >> Arkansas or Oklahoma or other US state. > >> > >> On Jan 4, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Randy Little wrote: > >> > >>> tina there is probably not much you could have done its a great > >>> shot. but that decapitated pig (having lived and worked in > >>> similar place) makes me think that pig is decapitated and dead. > >>> Also it looks like you have done some dodging on the faces > >>> maybe? The blacks look lifted a touch and seem odd. Is that a > >>> lens flare or retouched faces? > >>> > >>> Randy S. Little > >>> http://www.rslittle.com/ > >>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx > >>> <mailto:andpph@xxxxxxx>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Happy New Year! > >>> > >>> The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated > >>> JAN 04, 2014. Authors with work now on display at: > >>> http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include: > >>> > >>> Gregory david Stempel - Street Lamps > >>> Bob McCulloch - Boats > >>> Dan Mitchell - Android > >>> Tina Manley - Children with Pig, 2002 > >>> John Palcewski - Hand > >>> Yoram Gelman - Veranda in Decay > >>> Christopher Strevens - The way. > >>> Art Faul - > >>> Randy Little - > >>> > >>> NOTICE: There is a new series exhibition in Gallery-10. > >>> Photographs by Randy Little on Children of Beijing. See it > >>> at http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery-10/index.html > >>> > >>> Last week the counter read 10340 and when this collection > >>> was installed the counter read 10440 > >>> > >>> Enqueued for future installation: none - contributions welcome! > >>> > >>> To participate in this activity find instructions at: > >>> http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery-sub.html > >>> > >>> Send your contributions early and anything you can do to > >>> prepare the photographs so they do not require additional > >>> adjustment would be much appreciated. Especially keeping > >>> them near 1000 pix in longest dimension and 200Kb in maximum > >>> size. Large images that run off the edges of average > >>> monitors are a pain. Larger is not always better! > >>> > >>> Please take an extra minute to abide by this request but if > >>> you have doubts about how to prepare images just send them > >>> anyway and the capable gallery staff will adjust them for > >>> exhibition. > >>> > >>> Did you know you could have a series exhibition? Learn all > >>> about it on the instructions page mentioned above. > >>> > >>> From: Allie > >>> > >>> PS: do you know of other persons who might be interested in > >>> subscribing to PhotoForum? See below: > >>> > >>> FYI - for subscription instructions and other informational > >>> files visit the PhotoForum's website at: > >>> http://people.rit.edu/andpph/photoforum.html > >>> > >>> FYI- to unsubscribe from PhotoForum send, from the address > >>> you subscribed with, a PLAIN text email message to: > >>> listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> <mailto:listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> with text "signoff > >>> PhotoForum" on first line of message body. If you use HTML > >>> formatted mail it will not work! Contact list coordinator if > >>> you have problems: andpph@xxxxxxx <mailto:andpph@xxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> PF on Facebook at: > >>> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=234442540144&ref=mf > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> Art Faul > >> > >> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints > >> ------ > >> Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com/> > >> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com <http://www.artfaul.com/> > >> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com <http://www.inkjetprince.com/> > >> Camera Works - The Washington Post > >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm > >> ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ > >> > >> . > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tina Manley > >> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > >> <http://www.tinamanley.com/> > >> > >> > > > > > > Art Faul > > > > The Artist Formerly Known as Prints > > ------ > > Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com> > > Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com > > Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com > > Camera Works - The Washington Post > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm > > ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > |
